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Patented Jan. 22, `1924.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT oFFicE.

.. RICHARD H. DETER/T, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW ERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 THE CHN., ZIM- HERMANN & SON CO., 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW'JERSEY.

SWEATER.

Application filed May 10, 1922. Serial No. 559,725. A

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. DETERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweaters, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to manufac- V ture a sweater having a roll collar portion, the distinguishing feature of which is that it rolls back like the conventional collar of ordinary garments, and 'can be fastened close at the neck to maintain the true collar form, or if desired, the ends of the collar can be drawn upwardly so that the entire collar surrounds the head of the wearer forming a partial winter sport helmet'with Vclosely buttoned neck. A further novelty consists in the fact that the weave used on the collar portion is substantially vertical.

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the three novel parts which make up the collar portion of the sweater.

Fig. 2 is a front view in outline of the sweater body with opening therein before the collar is inserted.

Figs. 3. 4 and 5 are front views in perspective of the collar incor rated into the sweater showing the various positions in which the collar can be maintained. y

Fig. 6 is a general assembly showing the various parts of the invention.

' In the figures, 1 is the collar consisting of the back portion 2 which is preferably square or rectangular in shape, and front portions 3; these front rtions have an upper lsection 5 with straigit inner sides 6 and /flaring outer sides 8 terminating la points 9. The front portions also have lower sections 4 which are substantially rectangular in shape. The inner sides 6 of the uplper sections 5 of the front portions are stitc ed to the sides 7 of the' back portion 1.- The three portions of the collar are thus sewn together alon straight lines leaving the lower sections 4 0% the'front portions free. The neck 13 of the sweater body 12is knitted with an extended rectangular or square opening so as to permit the straight lower sections 4 tov be sewn therein. The collar is sewn into the sweater body by hand or machine so that the bottom line of the back portion 2 joins with the upper back collar line 14 of the body of the sweater, and the inner sides '15 and the bottoms 16 of the lower sections 4 of front portions 3 ijoinswith the balance of the neck opening o the body of the sweater. The outersides 17 of the sections 4 form the neck and chest closure of the sweater and are provided with buttons 10 on one side and button-holes ,11 on the other.

A collar fashioned in this way and applied in the manner shown produces a roll collar with a substantially straight chest insert instead ofone formed diagonally as is -usually the case. This causes the collar to roll back in precisely the same fashion as an ordinary collar on a shirt, while the front of the sweater lies perfectly flat up to a point where the collar begins to roll.

It wil1 be observed that the weave of the colla-r yis vertical throughout. Owing to the particular physical qualities of worsted or yarn when knitted into a chain stitch, a knitted sectio-n sewn into the garment in diagonal form will not lie smooth and flat but will spring away from the rest of the garment, while such sections formed of vertical knitted yarn will lie fiat and even. I have taken advantage of this property to form the collar of vertically disposed yarn in the back and front pieces not only permitting a natural roll of the collar but insuring great simplicity and strength in the manner of stitching the collar to the body of the sweater along the seams, and further permit-ting the .chest portion of the collar to lie flat and even no matter what position the rolling portion of the collar takes. In Fig. 3 the garment is shown buttoned up to the neck leaving the flaring ends of the collar free. There are no double folds of material nor clumsy thicknesses such as are usually found in sweaters of this character. Where it is desired to open the neck further to expose the throat as in Fig. 4 it is only necessary to unbutton the front ends and Yturn them slightly outwardly. The third possibility peculiarly adapted to winter sports is shown in Fig. 5

where the front is closely buttoned and the free ends 9 of the upper portion of the collar fasten together above the ears to consti- .tute a three-quarter helmet leaving the necessary portion of the face free owing to the contour of the upper ends of the collar.

Since the neck buttons smoothly and closely as in the conventionalV roll collar used in garments, other than sweaters (unlike the so-called sport-shirt) a tiecan be worn 1f desired; Incidentally, the sweater buttons so closely to the neck and fits so snugly at. that point that no shirt or other undergarment is necessary.

I claim: Y

1.. A sweater having a roll collar consisting of a straight edged back portion and front portions comprising an upper section Ywith a straight inner edge connected with one edge of the back portion and a, lower substantially strai ht edged section tted into the front o the sweater bodyV andadapted to lie evenly therewith, the said straight edges yof each section being in alinement with each other.

2. A sweater having a. roll collar consisting of a straight edged back portion and front portions comprisingtan upper section with a straight inner edge connected with one edge of the back portion and a. lower section fitted into the front of the sweater body, the knitted stitch of each portion followlng parallel vertical lines to permit the collar to roll back in normal position.

'Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 9th day of May 1922.

RICHARD H. DETERT. 

